[The Fortune Teller]
[N: Verkolje Pinx: et fecit.] [G: Valck Excud: Cum Previl: Ord: Holl: et West-frisiae.] Mezzotint. Sheet 300 x 240mm (11¾ x 9½"). Trimmed to image. Loose attachment to original mount. A ragged girl reads the palm of a woman on a terrace, a fountain behind, after a painting by Nicolass Verkoje in the Toledo Museum of Art (inv.55-39). BM: 1875,0710.1382, 'a rare example by Verkolje of an outdoor scene during daylight'. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66521] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)